Williams and Walker

Williams and Walker (Egbert Austin Williams, Antigua, British West Indies, November 12, 1874; New York City, March 4, 1922; George Walker , Lawrence, Kansas, 1873; Islip, New York, January 6, 1911. Williams’s parents brought him to Riverside, California, where he attended high school. He made his way to San Francisco, where he started his career by singing to his own banjo accompaniment. It was there he met Walker, who came to California from Lawrence, Kansas, in a touring medicine show. They…